St. Paul artist Peter Kramer says official farewell to winter

Winter will officially be declared "over" at the Grand Hand Gallery on Thursday during a reception for St. Paul artist and architect Peter Kramer's latest exhibit "Wait! There's More! The Longest Winter of My Life."

His series of cold weather-inspired monoprints have titles dedicated to our recent frigid winter including "Winter depression is a state of mind, Minnesota is that state," "Wind chill is only frightening to those who failed to grasp high school physics" and "It wasn't a Moscow winter, but it might as well have been."

You might recall Kramer had an exhibit a couple of years ago at the Grand Hand called "Postcards to Save the Post Office" that included 120 one-of-a-kind postcards.

After a postcard was purchased, Kramer would write a note on the back, add a personalized stamp and take the postcards to the post office for delivery. Kramer's postcards quickly sold out.

The reception for "Wait! There's More! The Longest Winter of My Life," is 7-9 p.m. Thursday. The exhibit runs through May 22. Grand Hand Gallery, 619 Grand Ave., St. Paul; 651-312-1122 or thegrandhand.com.